Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed by Senate as U.S. health secretary An unlikely ascent for a vaccine critic who has long questioned the health care establishment Manage alerts for this article Email this article

https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/rfk-jr-confirmed-hhs-secretary-vote-vaccine-critic-to-top-trump-health-official/?utm_campaign=breaking_news&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_mcOATKCHQa-fBQEgZY13PxAHOInn7dOy3ydXpzbv6uyh4Q254oBcVFW8ys1R6g2nPHYD6bpDKYkYvsmxbDUOxdfvgcA&_hsmi=347243453&utm_content=347243453&utm_source=hs_email Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the activist-turned-politician with a long history of embracing anti-scientific views, will become the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. RFK Jr. steps into the role as one of the most visible and scrutinized health secretaries in recent memory, and is the first health secretary to take the role after having made a name for himself by encouraging anti-vaccine sentiment and promoting numerous other dubious, pseudoscientific ideas.